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. It was released on 24 November 2003 by Parlophone. The album consists of Pet Shop Boys' top 20 UK singles along with two new tracks, "Miracles" and "Flamboyant", which were also released as singles.

History

The most notable exclusion was "Was It Worth It?" (which was included as a brand new song on '' Discography: The Complete Singles Collection)'' because it only peaked at number 24, while "How Can You Expect to Be Taken Seriously?" (part of a double A-side with a cover of "Where the Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes off You)" by U2 cover) was also omitted. The album reached number 30 in the

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on original release and re-entered the UK charts in 2009 at number 18. It kept on selling steadily, and proved a strong seller in other countries (with its best chart position in Norway, peaking at #2). Pet Shop Boys stated on their website they were happy with sales. The weekend after the Pet Shop Boys received the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Popular Music in February 2009, ''PopArt'' re-entered the UK Albums Chart at number 19, advancing to number 18 the week after. Unlike some "best of" compilations (including the earlier ''Discography: The Complete Singles Collection''), the tracks on the discs are not arranged chronologically, but split into two categories. Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe split the tracks into ones they thought were pure pop music ("Pop") and the ones that they thought were more creative and experimental ("Art"). A special limited edition was released with a third Compact Disc (CD), "Mix", appropriately featuring Tennant and Lowe's favourite remixes from their career. The album edit of "

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" was used on ''PopArt'' instead of the single edit. A previously unreleased version of " I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing", using the structure of the seven-inch mix but with some elements of the album version, was also used instead of the version that had appeared on the 1993 single release. Several of the other tracks on the album appear in slightly different edits from their original single versions, such as " Suburbia", which for the first time appears in its music video edit on a Pet Shop Boys compilation album, instead of the seven-inch single remix of that song and "

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" which featured a re-edit of the US Radio Edit. A similar incident occurred with the Brazilian compilation ''Party'' in 2009. The US version of ''PopArt'' included the single versions of these tracks, but still omits the same tracks as the UK release. After three years of its release in the rest of the world, ''PopArt'' was finally released in the United States in October 2006. The delay was due to legal problems caused by the fact that since Pet Shop Boys began, they have been with four different record labels in the US:

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(1996–1998), Sire Records (1999–2001) and Sanctuary Records (2002–2003). The album did not chart in the US but has sold almost 100,000 copies since its release. The album was re-issued on 26 November 2007 in the UK as a box set with the corresponding DVD included.

Track listing

''Pop''

# " Go West" – 5:03 from album ''

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'' # " Suburbia" (Video Mix) – 5:10 from album ''

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" – 3:59 from album ''

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'' # " What Have I Done to Deserve This?" – 4:18 from album '' Actually'' # " Always on My Mind" (7" Version) – 4:00 from album '' Introspective'' # " I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing" (Beatmasters 7" Version) – 4:44 (U.K. release) or 4:28 (U.S. release) original song from album ''

'' # " Home and Dry" – 3:58 from album ''

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" (album version) – 3:57 (U.K. release) or 4:17 (U.S. release) from album '' Actually'' # " Miracles" – 3:54 new track # "

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" – 4:17 from album ''

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It's a Sin "It's a Sin" is a song by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys from their second studio album, ''Actually'' (1987). Written by Chris Lowe and Neil Tennant, the song was released on 15 June 1987 as the album's lead single. It became the duo's se ...

" – 4:59 - from album '' Actually'' # " Domino Dancing" (7" Version) – 4:17 from album '' Introspective'' # "

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" – 4:05 from album ''

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" (U.S. Radio Edit Re-edited) – 3:20 from album '' Nightlife'' # " It's Alright" (7" Version) – 4:19 from album '' Introspective'' # " Where the Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes off You)" (7" Version) – 4:29 non-album single # "

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" (Single mix) – 4:32 original song from the album ''

''Art''

# " Left to My Own Devices" (7" Version) – 4:47 from album '' Introspective'' # " I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Any More" (Single Version) – 4:23 from album '' Nightlife'' # "

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" (7" Mix) – 3:50 (U.K. release) or (3:40 U.S. release) new track # " Being Boring" (7" Version) – 4:50 from album ''

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" – 3:52 from album ''

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West End Girls "West End Girls" is a song by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys. Written by Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe, the song was released twice as a single. The song's lyrics are concerned with class and the pressures of inner-city life which were in ...

" (7" Version) – 4:03 from album ''

'' # " I Get Along" (Single Version) – 4:10 from album ''

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So Hard "So Hard" is a song by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys, released as the lead single from their fourth studio album, '' Behaviour'' (1990). The song is about "two people living together; they are totally unfaithful to each other but they ...

" – 3:58 from album ''

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" (7" Version) – 3:33 from album '' Actually'' # " Jealousy" (7" version) – 4:15 from album ''

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DJ Culture "DJ Culture" is a song by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys from their first greatest hits album, '' Discography: The Complete Singles Collection'' (1991). It was released on 14 October 1991 as the album's lead single, peaking at number 1 ...

" – 4:20 from album '' Discography: The Complete Singles Collection'' # "

You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk "You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk" is a song by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys, released on 3 January 2000 as the third and final single from their seventh studio album, ''Nightlife'' (1999). It reached number eight on the ...

" – 3:12 from album '' Nightlife'' # "

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" – 4:05 from album ''

'' # " Paninaro '95" – 4:09 non-album single # "

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" – 3:44 from album ''

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Yesterday, When I Was Mad "Yesterday, When I Was Mad" is a song by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys, released as the fifth and final single from their fifth studio album, '' Very'' (1993), on 29 August 1994. The single peaked at number 13 on the UK Singles Chart and ...

" (Single Version) – 4:00 from album ''

'' # " Single-Bilingual" (Single Version) – 3:29 from album ''

'' # " Somewhere" (Single Version) – 4:42 from album ''Bilingual (

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''Mix'' (Disc 3 – Limited edition CD)

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Mix) – 8:08 # "West End Girls" ( Sasha Mix) – 7:45 # "Miserablism" (

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Electro Mix) – 5:35 # "Before" ( Danny Tenaglia Classic Paradise Mix) – 7:56 # "I Don't Know What You Want but I Can't Give It Any More" (

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Trip-o-matic Fairy Tale Mix) – 7:18 # "Love Comes Quickly" ( Blank & Jones Mix) – 5:00 In France, both the CD and vinyl versions contain "Paris City Boy", a version of "New York City Boy" recorded by Tennant and Lowe in 2003, replacing the original version. Different versions of some songs were included on the U.S. release.

DVD

A DVD was released at the same time as the CD editions. The sleeve artwork is the same, but the track listing is chronological. There are bonus videos including: both videos for "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)"; "Paninaro", which was released as a single in Italy; "How Can You Expect to Be Taken Seriously?" (brothers in rhythm remix) and "Was It Worth It?", which do not appear on the CD; "

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", which was only released as a single in Germany; and extended videos for "Domino Dancing", "So Hard" and "Go West". The only video that is missing is the 1994 Comic Relief single " Absolutely Fabulous", which remains unavailable on DVD due to licensing hurdles. The videos to "Miracles" and "Flamboyant" were not ready when the DVD went to press, so they were not included. They were released along with the videos for "I'm with Stupid", "Minimal" and "Numb" on the '' Pet Shop Boys: A Life in Pop'' documentary DVD. The DVD also features a commentary by Neil Tennant, Chris Lowe and

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. # "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)" (original version) # "West End Girls" # "Love Comes Quickly" # "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)" (second version) # "Suburbia" # "Paninaro" # "It's a Sin" # "What Have I Done to Deserve This?" # "Rent" # "Always on My Mind" # "Heart" # "Domino Dancing" # "Left to My Own Devices" # "It's Alright" # "So Hard" # "Being Boring" # "How Can You Expect to Be Taken Seriously?" # "Where the Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes Off You)" # "Jealousy" # "DJ Culture" # "Was It Worth It?" # "Can You Forgive Her?" # "Go West" # "I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing" # "Liberation" # "Yesterday, When I Was Mad" # "Paninaro '95" # "Before" # "Se a Vida É (That's the Way Life Is)" # "Single-Bilingual" # "A Red Letter Day" # "Somewhere" # "I Don't Know What You Want but I Can't Give It Any More" # "New York City Boy" # "You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk" # "Home and Dry" # "I Get Along/E-mail" # "London" # "Domino Dancing" (extended version) Introspective'' Mix">he 12" and '' Introspective'' Mix# "So Hard" (extended version) he "Extended Dance Mix"# "Go West" (extended version) he Mings Gone West: First and Second Movement Video Mix

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References

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